Part one reviews tools for collaboration and best practices for using the Web in teaching, learning, and research. The web is about 25 years old. Part two investigates implications of various online trends and how educators and students might collaboratively use and experience the Internet for the next 25 years. [2015]
Tools
Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Building a PLN (PDF) via LPS
Building a PLN (slides) via @Langwitches
Personal Learning Networks (video) via @willrich45
A PLN Quick Start Guide via A Principal’s Reflections
What “Connected Education” Looks Like: 28 Examples from Teachers All Over via Teaching & Learning with The New York Times
Infographics
Additional Resources
The Internet, Part II
The Internet, Higher Education, and the Next 25 Years
On March 12 of last year, the Internet turned 25 years old. It’s not easy to predict what’s in store for the next 25 years. However, part 2 of our discussion on the Internet explores some of the possibilities relevant to higher education, including how educators and students might collaboratively use and experience the Internet in the future. [2015]
The Web is 25 years old today – so how has it changed the way we learn?
The History of the Internet (video)
Trends
A Year in Search (2014) In 2014 we searched trillions of times. What do these searches say about us?
Net Neutrality
Security & Threats
Cybergeddon: Why the Internet could be the next “failed state”
Beware Online “filter bubbles” TED talk
Future
Satellite Internet: meet the hip new investment for Richard Branson, Elon Musk
Coming Data Deluge Means You’ll Know Anything You Want, Anytime, Anywhere
Infographics
Articles of Interest
Ables, Kelsey. “The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities.” Artsy, 19, Apr 2019.
Gizmodo Staff. “100 Websites That Shaped the Internet as We Know It.” Gizmodo, 19 Oct. 2018.
Swisher, Kara. “Can anyone tame the next internet?” Recode, 1, May 2019